David Harris is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. David received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and his S.B. and M. Eng. degrees from MIT. His research interests include high-speed CMOS VLSI design, microprocessors, and computer arithmetic. He holds seven patents, is the author of two other VLSI books, and has designed chips at Sun Microsystems, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and Evans & Sutherland.